Trump Signs Shutdown Off, Airport Chaos Now A Holiday Tradition
After officially ending the longest U.S. government shutdown ever, President Trump generously signed a bill to keep things funded until Jan 30, because apparently 'temporary' means almost two months now. Flight delays will haunt your Thanksgiving thanks to 3,800 air traffic controllers missing in action, plus fresh resignations because who wants that stress? SNAP payments are limping back with 24-hour turns if you're lucky, while NASA of food stamps drama was served, with the Trump administration legally tripping over court orders like a bad Netflix binge. National Parks are waking from a six-week coma – expect dirt roads closed for your safety, or maybe just because the staff actually slept through fall. Federal workers get back pay rolling out until November 19, but contractors? Keep dreaming. Veterans and Social Security customers face hold music purgatory and icy homes await 6 million families depending on heating aid delayed by shutdown chills. Meanwhile, the government’s economy got a $14 billion hangover. Tune in next season: same shutdown, different excuses.
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The government shutdown ended officially but air traffic controllers ghosted harder than your last Tinder date; SNAP checks are playing hard to get, and national parks just woke up from a six-week coma—poised to ruin trails like your drunk uncle at Thanksgiving.
Nothing says holiday spirit like 3,800 missing air traffic controllers and a national park nap that’ll last into next season. At this point, the government shutdown deserves a Netflix special and a reunion tour.
Federal workers get back pay by November 19, contractors get bird noises, and 6 million chilly households say thank you—if you can hear them over the freezing wind and endless hold music.
Source: Axios | Published: 11/13/2025 | Author: Josephine Walker
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